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Voter intentions change little: Newspoll

With an election due next year, the voting public appears to have made up its mind and is sticking with it, if the latest Newspoll in The Australian on Monday is anything to go by.

The poll shows little has changed since the previous poll two weeks ago - the Coalition will win the next election, Tony Abbott is unpopular and Julia Gillard remains the preferred prime minister.

The poll shows Labor's primary vote has plateaued at 36 per cent, after growing steadily, and the coalition's support remains the same as it was at the last election - 43 per cent.

It means the coalition continues to hold an election-winning lead of 51 per cent to 49 per cent, based on the flow of preferences at the last election.

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Despite growing unease about Ms Gillard's role in an AWU slush fund in the 1990s when she was a lawyer, satisfaction with her performance among voters polled over the weekend is unchanged at 37 per cent, with dissatisfaction also the same at 52 per cent.

Mr Abbott's support has lifted slightly from the previous poll but at 30 per cent - up three points - he remains deeply unpopular.

Dissatisfaction with his performance eased from a record 63 per cent to 61 per cent.

On who would make the better prime minister, there was no change from the last poll - Ms Gillard is ahead 46 per cent to 32 per cent.